Places aodl Wants to Go

Enter this dragon-shaped temple to see animatronic scenes depicting heaven and hell.

The first Confucian temple in Taiwan, founded by the son of a pirate lord, doubled as the island's first state-sponsored school.

At a museum dedicated to the millenia-old rites and art of Buddhism, the Buddha's reputed tooth is held as an object of worship.

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.

These charming mailboxes became social media stars after a typhoon failed to topple them.

The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Behind medieval walls in a corner of bustling Palermo is a breathtaking former mosque once inhabited by a wolf-taming hermit.

A study of Fascist era Art Deco design in Italy.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

A model village fit for an emperor.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.

A beloved tribute to the Fab Four and the freedoms they inspired.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.